November+11th+Logger+Notes

Logger Notes for November 11th, 2006. Written by Joe Conner

In attendance were Dennis, Jerry, Sally K, Raylinn B, Amy V, Holly , Amy M, Sherri S., and Joe C.

Holly opened with Logger notes and discussed a writing program from Mary DeVries young writers work camp for young students.

Does anyone want to go to this camp? Funding will come from a grant from Reno County Arts Council. This is First week of March 7-10 at Rock Springs Kansas. Wed-Sat. Mary will give more details.

Sally announced and discussed Mitch Alboum. He is the author of “Tuesdays with Morrie” and spoke the following Wednesday in Wichita.

Amy V. led the writing prompt with a turkey tale. I am a hunter and you are a turkey and you are to tell me why I shouldn’t kill and eat me. She brought examples of her student’s work when given this prompt. Then we all were prompted to do the same.

These are some of the notes that were taken while I was trying to listen to the sharing. I apologize for the fragmentation of sentences, however I will leave them in the original form that I wrote.

Amy M. One Bad Turkey: Bad meat body odor and trashy.

I think I missed somebody here

Dennis: Turk campaigns to Eat More Beef.

Jerry Lean Mean Turkey Machine slams Fat Hunter.

Shae is an old tough Turkey. Veggan alternatives appropriate.

Raylinn. Just eat me

Amy V. Turkey Turkey Chicken. I must have led a sheltered or “lonely childhood.”

Dennis Announced: National Writing Project Pamphlets, and Brochures available.

We took a break and Dennis shared Hawaii pictures from his literally Earth shaking trip he and his lovely wife took there.

After reconviening Joe frantically but successfully tried to recover his crashed logger notes while Holly struck up a conversation which led to a discussion about how we incorporate writing in the classroom. She discussed how her daughter’s second grade teacher opens class with writing prompts, I think. (I missed this point and didn’t want to distract the class with asking what they were talking about.) We then held some informal discussions about writing in class.

Holly: Authors Chair. Opened with selected poem titled “Indian Village” by Kila, a student in the 1999 Writing Camp Book Prairie Winds. Several other selections were shared.

Dennis initiated a discussion about sharing your writing and reflecting on that which led Shea to share her feelings and feelings of other students in her classes.

We then broke to work on posting on SCKWP Wikispaces.

I had to go early.